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People bet on various sports due to a number of reasons. There are some who do it for the sake of fun and make a game more exciting. Some would bet in favour of their favourite teams, irrespective of what the odds might be.

Auction for IPL 2011 – Season 4. Total 416 players would be put for auction in British style. A day of mixed fortunes for bidders and players alike. Majors players went unsold (like Saurav Ganguly, Anderson, Hechelle Gibbs and Brian Lara), young blood sold for prime rates. Indian players took away a huge chunk of the bidding.

Real Madrid Club de Futbol, more commonly recognized as Real Madrid worldwide is a highly professional football club located in Madrid, Spain. It’s the most successful team in Spanish football and was nominated by FIFA as the most successful club of this century. Established in year 1902, Real Madrid had ever since seen to spend all these years in the top league of Spanish football. In the era of the 1980s, the club had the fortune to be one of the best teams both in Spain as well as Europe, winning five Spanish championships back to back, two UEFA Cups, three Spanish Super Cups and one Spanish cup. Real Madrid is the world's most pricey football club (€351m) in terms of earnings.

The rivalry between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona is one of the gruesome and long drawn in history of football with each team eyeing the top spot in the Spanish La Liga. In current era, Real Madrid has caught the headlines for signing some of the world's most expensive and best footballers, and the club has been bestowed with the recent pet name "Los Galacticos".